SF Bay Area Holistic Calendar

Emergent Themes of Love and Agape in Psilocybin-Facilitated Mystical Experience Research

Friday,
November 4, 2016 at 7 PM - 9 PM

CIIS
Public Programs & Performances

1453
Mission St,

San
Francisco, California 94103

FDA-approved
clinical trials at Johns Hopkins University and NYU School of Medicine have
evaluated the effects of a psilocybin-facilitated mystical experience with
diverse populations including individuals diagnosed with cancer experiencing
psycho-spiritual and existential distress-many of these patients at the end of
life. Subjective features of a mystical experience include unity, sacredness,
transcendence, and a greater connection to deeply felt positive emotions
including that of love.

This
evening presentation and panel discussion explores the prominent,
meaning-making, and transformative experiences of love and agape (spiritual,
transcendent, or highest form of selfless love) that frequently emerge in
psilocybin sessions. The panel discussion includes background information on
psilocybin research and clinical case vignettes on the emergence of love within
the psilocybin-facilitated mystical experience and its role in cultivating
compassion and promoting healing. This event includes time for panel question
and answer period moderated by Janis Phelps, Director of the Center for
Psychedelic Therapies and Research.

This
event is an educational program of the CIIS Center for Psychedelic Therapies
and Research in collaboration with CIIS Public Programs & Performances.